Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods worked example

Blend Yield at 70% target blend yield: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop target blend yield to 70%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Work out powder blend yield from released blend weight against the total batch charged, so formulation and production teams can see how much usable blend each batch delivers.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Released blend weight: 238 kg (held at the documented default)
  • Total batch weight charged: 250 kg (held at the documented default)
  • Target blend yield: 70 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 97)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Blend yield = released blend weight ÷ total batch weight charged × 100.
  • Blend yield works out to 95.2 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Yield gap to target works out to -25.2 points at these inputs.
  • Released blend weight works out to 238 kg at these inputs.
  • Total batch weight charged works out to 250 kg at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target blend yield sits at 97% and the headline result is 95.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 95.2 %.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to target blend yield, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It's a mass-balance ratio only — it won't tell you where the loss went, and it assumes the released and charged weights are measured on the same moisture and as-is basis.

Results at a glance

  • Blend yield: 95.2 % (headline result)
  • Yield gap to target: -25.2 points
  • Released blend weight: 238 kg
  • Total batch weight charged: 250 kg

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Blend Yield calculator, set target blend yield to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.